Email-first vs LinkedIn-first: the summary
- Main difference
- lemlist is email-first with a large contact database; La Growth Machine (LGM) is LinkedIn-first, with enriched leads included in every plan.
- Price
- Emelia starts at $37/month for the whole account (1 LinkedIn account, 3 mailboxes); LGM at $70 per identity/month, lemlist at $109 per user/month with LinkedIn, billed monthly.
- Emelia
- Email + LinkedIn at a fixed price, from $37/month for the whole account, with unlimited sending and warm-up.
- lemlist
- Email and deliverability first, with calls, SMS and WhatsApp on the per-user Multichannel plan.
- LGM
- LinkedIn first, with voice messages and enrichment built in, priced per identity.
Per user or per identity: lemlist, La Growth Machine and Emelia compared
Prices billed monthly. La Growth Machine charges per "identity" (one sender profile).
Price per month
1 LinkedIn account + email
3 LinkedIn accounts + email
Integrations
HubSpot / Pipedrive sync
Channels
LinkedIn automation
Email senders
Calls
SMS, WhatsApp
X (Twitter)
Leads, warm-up, trial and Capterra score
Emails found included per month
Credits offered at signup
Database
Email warm-up
Free trial
Excluding VAT. La Growth Machine prices differ in euros and dollars; the price shown matches your currency. All figures checked on October 6, 2026.
The key differences
Pricing model
lemlist charges per user once LinkedIn is involved. La Growth Machine charges per "identity", a sender profile combining a LinkedIn account and email addresses. In practice, both scale with the number of salespeople.
LGM is built around LinkedIn, with voice messages and a strong focus on account safety. lemlist also automates LinkedIn, including voice notes, but only on its Multichannel plan.
Email and deliverability
lemlist includes lemwarm and a deliverability hub. LGM lists inbox rotation but no warm-up, and allows 1 sending email address per identity on its Basic plan.
Data
LGM includes 250 to 1,000 enriched leads per month depending on the plan. lemlist has a larger database (650M+ contacts) but charges every result in credits.
lemlist, La Growth Machine and Emelia: what each one is built for
Emelia
- Email and LinkedIn with the same weight, in the same sequence.
- Unlimited sending and warm-up included.
- A fixed price as the team grows, not per user or per identity.
lemlist
- A pipeline built around email.
- Calls, SMS and WhatsApp on the Multichannel plan.
- A contact database of 650M+ contacts.
La Growth Machine
- LinkedIn as the main channel.
- LinkedIn voice messages, and X on its top plan.
- Enriched leads included in each plan.
lemlist vs La Growth Machine: questions and answers
For LinkedIn + email, LGM's Basic plan ($70 per identity per month) is cheaper than lemlist's Multichannel plan ($109 per user), but Basic is limited to templates and 1 sending email address per identity.
La Growth Machine is more LinkedIn-focused, with voice messages on every plan. lemlist also handles LinkedIn well, on its Multichannel plan.
lemlist includes warm-up, sender rotation and deliverability tools, with 5 email senders per user; La Growth Machine lists inbox rotation but no warm-up, with 1 sending address per identity on Basic. Emelia includes warm-up and unlimited sending on every plan, with 3, 50 or unlimited mailboxes.
Yes. lemlist is based in Paris and La Growth Machine in Saint-Mandé (Paris).
Emelia combines both on every plan, from $37/month for the whole account, with unlimited sending and warm-up.
Emelia features: Multichannel outreach · Cold email · LinkedIn automation · Emelia pricing
Emelia is a lemlist competitor. We have tried to stay fair: every figure about lemlist comes from its own website or public review sites.
